A precedent embalms a principle.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFinality is not the language of politics.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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